Safe Opiate Prescribing in Virginia

Safe Opiate Prescribing in Virginia

Understanding

the human face of addiction and opiate abuse epidemic.

Identifying

reasons for addiction and red flag behaviors.

Discussing

potential treatment options.

America’s Opioid Crisis

Opiate addiction is an indiscriminate epidemic. This course, developed at The Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Care at Virginia Commonwealth University, serves as a resource for all licensed prescribers in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the fight against opiate abuse and addiction.

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As a licensed prescriber, what do you know about Opiate Use Disorder and the Opioid Epidemic?

True or False? Over-prescription of opioid pain relievers led to a rapid escalation of use and misuse by a broad demographic of people across the country?

True

False

True. According to the 2016 Surgeon General's report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health,
"this led to a resurgence of heroin use, as some users transitioned to using this cheaper street cousin of expensive prescription opioids. As a result, the number of people dying from opioid overdoses soared—increasing nearly four-fold between 1999 and 2014."

What are the three prongs of the National Institution on Drug Addiction approach to the opiate abuse epidemic?